District: 1
Federal Reserve Bank of: Boston

Filings received during the week ending May 2, 2009

Filer

Filing Type

Filing Proposal

End of Comment Period

BSB Bancorp, MHC

* 3A1* 3A3

Application by BSB Bancorp, MHC and BSB Bancorp, Inc., both of Belmont, Massachusetts - to become a mutual bank holding company and stock bank holding company, respectively, by acquiring Belmont Savings Bank, Belmont, Massachusetts, pursuant to sections 3(a)(1) and 3(a)(3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.

Newspaper:

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Federal Register:

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DIME MUTUAL HOLDING COMPANY

* 3A1

Application filed by Dime Mutual Holding Company, Norwich, Connecticut to become a mutual bank holding company through the acquisition of 100% of the voting shares of Dime Bank, Norwich, Connecticut, pursuant to section 3(a)(1) of the BHC Act.

Newspaper:

Not available

Federal Register:

05/26/2009

Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

The Community Reinvestment Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It was enacted by the Congress in 1977 (12 U.S.C. 2901) and is implemented by Regulation BB (12 CFR 228). The regulation was revised in May 1995.

The CRA requires that each depository institution's record in helping meet the credit needs of its entire community be evaluated periodically. That record is taken into account in considering an institution's application for deposit facilities.

A copy of an institution's CRA evaluation may be obtained directly from the institution or Reserve Bank.

Federal bank regulators use the following performance levels to rate an institution's performance under CRA: